To: Rodney King
Rodney - your intention may have been good, but the advice was not regarding chewing tobacco (I am a chewer). Chew contains significantly more nicotine and is considerably more carcinogenic. It is supposed to be about 4 times more addictive. You've heard about teenage chewers with mouth cancer I am sure, but I've yet to see a teen smoker with lung cancer. I actually switched to smoking from chew and then from smoking to nicotine gum. Then to the patch. Then to nothing. Was nicotine free for two years. Stressful event and I was back to chewing. Switching from cigs to chew would be turning up the juice so to speak. Plus, if you learn to swallow, you don't have to deal with the social implications as much - no smoke smell on your clothes.
15 posted on
01/24/2002 1:29:30 PM PST by
bluefish
To: bluefish
You are so right about chew. I smoked and chewed for years. I gave up smoking, but still having a hard time with the chew. In my experiences, I would rather quit smoking ANY day of the week compared to quitting chew. I can smell smoke and it doesnt bother me... but if I get a whiff of chew, immediately I begin to have cravings.
32 posted on
01/24/2002 1:47:37 PM PST by
VetoBill
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